Marvino’s League of Superheroes

Marvino's League of Superheroes

Written by Rae Rival-Cosico, published by Adarna House in 2014.
The story won 1st place in the Short Story for Children category of the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature.

The story is about a little boy from a small town named Marvino, who imagines and draws Philippine National Heroes as superheroes with actual super powers. He wants so badly to get into the newly opened toy museum, but he can’t afford it. In the end, he gets a super surprise. You can see some excerpts from the book below.